STIs Flashcards
What Sx are associated with urethritis?
Discharge
Frequency/dysuria
Dyspareunia (women)
Meatitis
Which of gonorrhoea and chlamydia is usually asymptomatic and which is often symptomatic?
Gonorrhoea usually Sx
Chlamydia usually no Sx
Is gonorrhoea usually symptomatic?
Yes
Is chlamydia usually symptomatic?
No
What investigations are appropriate for urethritis?
Gram stain discharge swabs looking for WBCs
Presence of what on gram stain indicates gonorrhoea? Absence = what?
Presence of gram negative intracellular diplococci
Absence = non-gonococcal urethritis
What is the next step after identifying presence of gonorrhoea infection?
Culture and sensitivity for neisseria gonorrhoea
What investigation is used for identifying both chlamydia and gonorrhoea?
PCR
What is urethritis if not caused by gonorrhoea or chlamydia?
Non-specific urethritis
Often mycoplasma or ureaplasma
Treatment for gonorrhoea?
Ceftriaxone 500mg OD (/cefexime 400mg PO)
And azithromycin 1g single dose
Alternatively ciprofloxacin/ofloxacin BD for 7 days
Treatment for chlamydia?
Doxycycline 100mg BD for 7 days
Or azithromycin 1g PO stat
What are the 2 most common causes of urethritis?
Gonorrhoea
Chlamydia
3 common infectious causes of vaginal discharge?
BV
Trichomonas
Candida
What is the pathophysiology behind BV?
Anaerobic gardnerella vaginalis replace lactobacilli in vagina
Describe the discharge associated with BV?
Malodorous, grey, ‘dirty’
What is Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome?
Perihepatitis with violin string adhesions, caused by gonorrhoea spread via paracolic gutters
Complications of gonorrhoea or chlamydia infection?
Local abscess/Bartholinitis in women Epididymo-orchitis or prostatitis in men PID Disseminated gonococcal infection (FHC syndrome) Neonatal ophthalmia/conjunctivitis
In what 2 groups is BV more common in?
WSW and IVDU
Ix to identify BV?
Often clinical - KOH ‘sniff test’
Clue cells on smear